Privacy Policy for Insta Media
This Privacy Policy explains how Insta Media ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you visit our website and engage with our content across the categories Cruises, Outdoors, Travel Tips, and Vacations. We aim to be clear, respectful, and compliant with applicable privacy laws while keeping the experience simple and useful for you.
Scope & Role
This Policy applies to information collected through our website and related pages that we operate. It does not cover third-party websites, services, or platforms that we do not control. Where we link or refer to other services, their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.
Information We Collect
1. Information you provide directly: inquiries sent via our contact page; comments or messages; preferences you set in banners or forms.
2. Information collected automatically: device and browser data (e.g., IP address, user-agent, language, approximate location at a city/region level), pages viewed, referring/exit pages, and on-site activity (e.g., time on page, scroll depth), collected via cookies, local storage, and similar technologies. Hosting and security systems also generate logs for reliability and abuse prevention.
How We Use Information
- To operate, secure, and improve the website (performance monitoring, debugging, analytics).
- To personalize content and measure engagement at an aggregate level.
- To serve and measure advertising, including contextual or interest-based ads where permitted by law and your choices.
- To communicate with you when you contact us, and to respond to requests or reports.
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.
Cookies & Similar Technologies
We use a limited set of cookies and similar technologies that fall into these categories:
- Essential: required for core site functions and basic security.
- Performance & Analytics: help us understand usage patterns to improve content and navigation.
- Personalization: remember your preferences (for example, consent choices).
- Advertising: support ad delivery, frequency capping, measurement, and where applicable, interest-based advertising.
You can manage cookies through our consent banner (where shown) and your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect site functionality.
Advertising
We may work with advertising partners (including ad networks) to show ads and measure their performance. Depending on your region and choices, ads may be served as non-personalized (contextual) or personalized (interest-based). Where required, we request consent before using advertising cookies. When consent is denied, we use limited signals to serve non-personalized ads and maintain site measurement in a privacy-centric way.
Note on terminology: Some regulations describe cross-context behavioral advertising as "sharing" personal information. Your local law may grant a right to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" for such advertising. See "Your Privacy Rights & Choices".
Analytics
We may use privacy-aware analytics to understand aggregate usage (for example, which pages are most helpful). Where the law requires consent, analytics adjust to your banner choice; when consent is not granted, data collection is limited or modeled in a way that protects your privacy.
Legal Bases (EEA/UK)
If you are in the EEA/UK, we process personal data under these legal bases: (a) consent (for non-essential cookies/ads where required), (b) legitimate interests (e.g., site security, basic analytics, non-intrusive personalization), (c) contract (responding to your requests), and/or (d) legal obligations.
Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Your rights depend on where you live, and may include:
- Access/Portability: request a copy of your personal information.
- Correction: request that we update inaccurate information.
- Deletion: request that we delete information, subject to lawful exceptions.
- Restriction/Objection: object to or limit certain processing (for example, personalized ads) where applicable.
- Withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time via the banner (where available) or by contacting us.
- Opt out of "sale"/"sharing" for cross-context ads (US states with such laws): submit a request via our contact page and adjust your cookie preferences.
We also honor recognized browser signals (such as Global Privacy Control) where required by law. To exercise rights, please use the contact page on this site. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
Children's Privacy
Our site is for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child provided personal information, please contact us so we can delete it. In certain jurisdictions, additional parental consent rules may apply to teens; we follow local law as relevant.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described above, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Retention periods vary based on data type and context (for example, security logs are typically kept for a shorter, defined window).
Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to reduce risk and respond to issues promptly.
International Data Transfers
Where data is processed outside your home country, we take steps designed to protect it under applicable laws, which may include contractual safeguards and regional controls.
Third-Party Services
Our website may integrate third-party services (for example, ad technology and analytics). These providers may set their own cookies or collect data directly through their scripts when permitted by your settings and local law. Their handling of data is governed by their privacy policies.
Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" setting. There is no common industry standard for interpreting DNT signals. We respond to legally recognized signals where required by law and continue to evaluate emerging standards.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes. When we make material changes, we will post the updated version on this page. Please review it periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise privacy rights, please reach us through the contact page on this site.
Last updated: August 17, 2025